The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-22
PERSONAL paRAeeAeHs.
what tho Press Says OF Peor. Of sIors
or Less Newspaper NotorLs-.

what tho Press says OF Peop. Of sIors
or Less Newspaper NotorIs-.
Harry Garfield is studying law q, Ok
ford university. England. A..
Gen. Lew Wallace is working on anew
book. and says he will not lecture this
winter at al.
Hcrhcrt Spencer, who is badly out OF
heal Is writing his life. lie is living
at Brl. ton, England.
Mr.. Carter the Hawaiian minister at
Washington, has a Son on the Yale uni
versity football team
Edward Montgomery, Of Abbeville. s.
c., lived to be 1O2 years of age without
ever being compelled to ask the services
of physician.
The largest plantation in the south is
owned by Ex-Governor Alcoru, of Missis'
sipTi, who las 4 1000 acres under cultivar
ton in CohoaIna county.
Governor Bodwell. of Maine. has
granted Mrs. Elizabeth Colby, of Bing-
ham, authority To solemnL5e marriages
and take Acknowledgements Of deeds.
The Scottish Earl Of Carnwath, who
succeeded to the title on the death Of his
uncle, is the fifth carl within twenty
years The family are provcrtiaHy uni
happy. - -
Russell Sage eats cracked wheat for
breakfast 3Gj days in the year and1s very
fond Of baked apples. He is also very
partial to bread and butter, with thick
spread of honey on it.
Mrs. Louise Chandler .1oulton has re-
ceived the library of The dead poet, Philip
Pourke Marston, left rs aro1ell of.friend-
ship to her. She was a valued friend Of
the blind poet and one of lI;s stanch adj
mirrors. -,
The Prince of Wales shot white
partridge during his recent visit to Chip
penham 1ark. The bird has-been sent
to Newmarket for preservation and
mounting. and its ultimate destination Is
Sandringhan1.
Professor Anton von Werner is at work
on painting which represents the EN-
peror WilliaIa at so surrounded by his
family. The picture was ordered by the
! German colony i'll ENGLAND. and is to be
presented to Queen Victoria. -
President Cleveland is to: talle lessons
in horseback riding this winter. When
he learned that the Washington Rding
academy was - be started he was one OF
the first to become a subscriber. A large,
etrong horse for his especial use is to be
secured,
" Eenan has a round, Heshy face,
pair If calm but brilliant eyes, large
noe and moutl. His general appearance
Is ti.,:t of Catholic priest. As speaker
he Affects a somewhat Eonotonous tone,
but his enunciatioa is very distinct, espe-
cially when he wishes to be emphatic,
AID his gesticuldtioms are quite lively.
Tie Queen Eeeeit of Spain is gaining
a great hold on the affection of her sub
iects, and is said to be a wonderful woman,
charming in manner and possessing great
administrative ability 1t is claimed by
many that she viii rank as one of tho
great women sovereigns of history. Sorne
may doubt all this from the fact that she
cannot keep the baby king quiet in
public.
D. R. Locke, of The Toledo Blade, who
has made himself famous under the nom
de plume of Petroleum V. .Nasby," is in
wretched health. He suffers terribly
from dyspepsia. He is now about GO
years of age, and is said to be worth half
a million dollars. He would doubtless
give his whole fortune for a new stomach.
Griffith Edwards. tall, fine looking
ranchman, on his way to England, OF
which country he is a native, came to
this country a poor man ten years ago,
and now goes home to tell his mother
that he owns the largest sheep ranch in
the world. His ranch occupies parts of
Wyoming. Utah and Colorado. He has
over 100000 sheep. He recently sold
$4,000 worth of wool to a prominent
Philadelphia merchant